Judy Schmidt @geckzilla@mastodon.social

My friend gifted me this succulent a few months ago and another little plant sprouted up underneath it, and I swear that the big succulent is trying to block the light to the little plant that popped up… is that a thing plants do?

Just realized I uploaded the image without the curves adjustment to it. 🙃

Well, it's not *too* different, but here was the one I meant to upload... a little bit better color balance and brighter.

A screenshot of the MAST Portal astroview to help orient you. The white box is where you're looking.

You want stars? You got 'em. Nothing but stars and a few background galaxies in this close-up view of Messier 110, a satellite galaxy of Andromeda. (From Prop 15902 / @bigticketdw@twitter.com)
https://flic.kr/p/2k84n5y

Noticed the start time histogram skewed heavily to the right, like a bunch of really old entries got added... turns out it's a time traveling Kepler photometer. Guess I'm emailing the archive again

Here's another view of just the center with some much heavier processing to help bring out some more details.

Guess what time it is again? That's right, it's time for another spiral galaxy. Sure, there are a lot of spiral galaxies, but look at how different they can be. (From Prop 15654 / @janiceleeastro@twitter.com)
https://flic.kr/p/2k7Di5H

Sad to have found what appears to be a window fatality on my back patio. Not sure what species.

Had a dream last night that I held a tiny walrus-like creature, no more than a centimeter in length, and was like, wow, convergent evolution was amazing with this one, and then released it into a freshwater pond covered in a mat of plant life.

You'd think it'd be Flocculent Friday, but no, it's actually Barred Friday. Barred spiral galaxy NGC 4548 from Hubble. (Prop 15654 / PHANGS-HST / @janiceleeastro@twitter.com)
https://flic.kr/p/2k6dBnv

anyway this is the content you get when I'm sitting around waiting for spouse to come home because he's probably off intubating a covid patient or some such. we had a nice break, but now it's getting bad again. wear a mask, don't do a social thanksgiving, etc :|

they do not even have a strong flavor at all, despite their appearance. I remember thinking they looked putrid the first time I saw them, but now I think they are neat, and I look forward to finding them in the spoon.

anyway, into the congee they go. not super appetizing to anyone unfamiliar but i promise they taste like eggs

some still images. wasn’t sure if a video would show them better. i need some softer lights

century eggs have salt dendrites in them that I quite enjoy

here's me with a blue ice cream. I'll post another pic of myself in ten years maybe

A new image of spiral galaxy NGC 4571 with a lot of bright blue clusters of stars in its arms. They seem extra happy today. Again, from the PHANGS-HST program. (@janiceleeastro@twitter.com / Prop 15654)
https://flic.kr/p/2k4hUoJ

I think NGC 4571 *might* be a low surface brightness galaxy... heh. Look at that teeny, tiny little bright spot in the nucleus. (WIP)

It's spirally. It's flocculent. It's NGC 4298. Another in a series from the PHANGS-HST program. https://flic.kr/p/2k3pFdP
(Data attribution: @janiceleeastro@twitter.com for Prop 15654 / @maxmutchler@twitter.com for Prop 14913)

Looks like you need a spiral galaxy. NGC 4254 / Messier 99 from @janiceleeastro@twitter.com's PHANGS-HST program. https://flic.kr/p/2k2ZeEa